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About Blind Man’s Alley

Duncan Riley, a rising legal star, is defending his firm’s major client, Roth Properties, after a fatal accident on a downtown construction site. Meanwhile, he represents a helpless young man accused of a murder in a housing development being built by . . . Roth Properties. Caught in a web of power, money, and influence, Duncan must balance the interests of his firm, the demands of his wealthy client, and the weight of his own conscience. All is not as it seems, however, and blackmail and homicide may just be two more hardball tactics in the cutthroat world of New York real estate.

About Blind Man’s Alley

From the author of the Edgar Award–nominated legal thriller A Cure for Night, an ambitious and compulsively readable novel set in the cutthroat world of New York real estate.

A concrete floor three hundred feet up in the Aurora Tower condo development in SoHo has collapsed, hurling three workers to their deaths. The developer, Roth Properties (owned by the famously abrasive Simon Roth), faces a vast tangle of legal problems, including allegations of mob connections. Roth’s longtime lawyers, the elite midtown law firm of Blake and Wolcott, is assigned the task of cleaning up the mess. Much of the work lands on the plate of smart, cynical, and sea­soned associate Duncan Riley; as a result, he falls into the pow­erful orbit of Leah Roth, the beautiful daughter of Simon Roth and the designated inheritor of his real estate empire.

Meanwhile, Riley pursues a seemingly small pro bono case in which he attempts to forestall the eviction of Rafael Nazario and his grandmother from public housing in the wake of a pot bust. One night Rafael is picked up and charged with the mur­der of the private security cop who caught him, a murder that took place in another controversial “mixed income” housing development being built by . . . Roth Properties. Duncan Riley is now walking the knife edge of legal ethics and personal morality.

Blind Man’s Alley is a suspenseful and kaleidoscopic journey through a world where the only rule is self- preservation. The New York Times Book Review said of A Cure for Night that “[Peacock] heads toward Scott Turow country . . . he’s got a good chance to make partner.” This taut, topical, and socially alert thriller delivers on that promise.

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Praise

“Intelligent and engrossing. . . . A superior legal thriller by a writer with talent to burn. . . . The novel’s panoramic look at New York recalls Tom Wolfe’s The Bonfire of the Vanities.”—Washington Post Book World

“An ambitious thriller that delves into the interlocking worlds of real estate, law, journalism and politics.”—Bloomberg

“Strong storytelling from a crime fiction up-and-comer. . . . [Peacock is] a stylist with flair and that will take him a long way. . . . This is an author who knows exactly how to blend it all in way that will solidly entertain.”—The Dallas Morning News

“Filled with real characters and lawyers that we can finally respect, Blind Man’s Alley is a legal thriller with a lot more gray areas than any Grisham novel.”—San Francisco Book Review

“Move over John Grisham and Scott Turow. There’s a new legal thriller writer in town who is on par with, perhaps superior to, these bestselling authors. Justin Peacock, whose first novel, A Cure for Night, won him high praise, has written another blockbuster novel, this one set in the cutthroat world of New York real estate. . . . A fascinating look behind the scenes of a dog-eat-dog business.”—London Free Press

“Blind Man’s Alley never lets down, and Peacock keeps his finger firmly on the pulse of the graft, corruption and political conspiracy that marks the pages of New York City newspapers on a daily basis.”—BookReporter.com

“Blind Man’s Alley is cunningly plotted and utterly true to contemporary New York. It covers every level of the city, from the penthouses to the projects. And the characters are finely drawn—the good ones are never boring in their goodness, while the bad ones are as horrifying as New York produces.”—Edward Hayes, author of Mouthpiece

About Justin Peacock

Justin Peacock received an MFA from Columbia University and a law degree from Yale. His legal expe­rience ranges from death-penalty defense to First Amendment cases to big firm litigation. He lives in Brooklyn.

About Justin Peacock

Justin Peacock received an MFA from Columbia University and a law degree from Yale. His legal expe­rience ranges from death-penalty defense to First Amendment cases to big firm litigation. He lives in Brooklyn.